Fattey Beer Co.

When Blue Monk on Elmwood closed, the loss to the local craft beer scene was staggering. Sure, there's been an explosion of new breweries, bars, and bottle shops emerging in the intervening years, but none of them could match the Monk for sheer variety. That dark age ended in 2019 with the opening of Fattey Beer Company on downtown's Roosevelt Plaza, the brainchild of Nik Fattey, one half of the ownership team of Hamm & Fattey's in Hamburg. The selection goes far beyond the navel-gazing obsession with local brews that you see elsewhere around Buffalo: an enormous rotating roster of over 500 varieties, including some hard-to-find rarities, available to take home or to drink in the onsite bar. Simply put, if you're a beer snob, Fattey is a can't-miss.

Address

5 Genesee St.

Getting there

Metro Rail: Fountain Plaza

Hours

Sun-Thu noon-11PM, Fri Sat noon-midnight

Website

fatteybeer.com (opens in a new tab)